Watched Finch & Midland today. It's supposed to be a story about HK immigrants to Toronto and their story. I was under the impression that it was going to tell the story of my (or my peers) parents and their time when they moved to Canada (90s-00s), but it was actually in present day. The story hit home for my friend who echo'd how hard it was for our parents - or you guys in your 50s to be here. Working shitty jobs. Can't say no. Getting taken advantage of by the white man. I personally felt the tension of the bickering between the caregiver daughter and her mother, with all the yapping that Asian people tend to do. Tho, I don't have that kind of negative relationship (for the most part) with my parents anymore. Still gives me PTSD tho. There's a deadbeat alcoholic estranged dad who's stuck in his past fame that I don't feel bad for at all. There's an older Cantonese man that speaks mostly English (cause of assimilation), who should be happy since he has a job and what looks to be a paid off home, but doesn't have a good relationship with his son, and always says the wrong things, but means to say the right things. Reminds me of my own father - tho we've been working on this. I rmb my father told me that he doesn't know how to do this, because his father/family didn't talk to him either, but over the years I can see that he's trying.
I'm not sure what to think of the movie, there wasn't really a conclusion and it was kinda depressing but it's a VIFF/TIFF, and HK/Canadian based so I thought it was cool. It's available at Silvercity Riverport (Richmond) or Markham.
The official about on Google shows
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Four Hong Kong immigrants face hardship in Scarborough, Ontario: a former singer, a caregiver daughter, an aspiring realtor doing sex work, and a widowed factory worker navigate loss and small victories amid capitalism.
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Cast is
Anthony Wong
Patrick Tam
Harriet Yeung
Trailer is here: